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Have you ever stopped in at one of the many “10-minute” or “quick” oil change locations? If so, you’ve heard…

Recently, our service team learned of a major equipment breakdown that ended up costing a processor a lot of money….

Sizing comprises the tooling and techniques that are used to manage the controlled shrinkage of an extruded tube or pipe…

If you know anything about plastics processing, you know that it begins with resin pellets. There are many different types…

On a regular basis, I get calls and questions from processors who are trying to figure out why their conveying…

What are the benefits of a storage silo for resin? Some of the benefits of using a silo for storage…

What is a Thermolator®? “Thermolator” refers to a Thermolator® temperature control unit (TCU).  Thermolator is the brand name for the…

There are three major types of pumps used to power vacuum-driven conveying systems.  They are, in rough order of power…

It’s easy to think of shredders and granulators as “brute force” equipment, with all brawn and no brains, but the…

Material receivers and loaders share a couple of key similarities: Depending on their configurations, both can receive, hold, and discharge…